Where to Sell: Art Markets, Farmers Markets, Craft Shows, Retailers, Online, Classifieds, etc....
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- This is a lecture/discussion on my experiences selling at various venues. I offer a review of the types, suggestions for success plus tips for judging the quality of a market and it's customers. I cover a wide range of types with an emphasis on the niche of the craft I build. But with that in mind I'm sure you can judge what is relevant to what products you sell.
Best I've ever seen. - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Online Marketplaces - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Brick and Mortar Store - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Art Markets - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Craft Markets - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Farmers Markets - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Flea Markets - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
Holiday Markets - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
On the Street - • Where to Sell: Art Mar...
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See, this is the kind of open, honest, and down to earth information and experience that is strangely so rare to find. Answering the real questions without the fake flashy sales pitch of getting rich quick or easy answers. As an aspiring woodcarver/woodcrafter I really appreciate you making this vid, thanks bud!
Color, sound, and content was all great Shawn.
Rare to find such candor and straight advice from a pro. Thanks for your honesty and time to do this.
best analogy I've heard - marketing is the gas pedal that drives the business. Pricing is the brakes.
Market enough (advertising, name, etc) and you get busy. Too busy? raise prices.
Extremely helpful. Your saving people time and money by sharing your experiences.
Sound was clear and picture looked great.
Thank you!
This is a lot of good practical information about how to approach these markets. I am sure there are a lot of people who think about turning their hobby into some extra money and knowing how to approach the various venues is very valuable information.
I love you and thank you so much. I am so new at this but you covered everything I was thinking and never thought about. You saved me so much time, money, stress and error. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
Thanks for the insight! I appreciate that you stuck with it over 5 takes due to issues! Definitely worth the effort
Yep, good filming and content, I think you are a good teacher of the craft because you explain things as you go along whereas not all do this. thanks for doing the vids and hope you do heaps more.
As someone still fairly new to markets, i highly suggest telling other vendors your new to this. They have all been very helpful and give great advice as well as tips on other markets around you
Yep, become friends with other vendors. Its a clique and if you act like an ass they will all know.
You have convinced me, that I want nothing to do with this. I think I am just going to continue making things for myself and burning them when I don’t like the finished product.
Perfect timing. Just signed up for Patreon as well! I always head to your channel first to get the long form teacher explanation. Thank you for that
The sound started out a little low but you corrected it quickly and was good from there on. The video was great along with the information. It was very informative. Thank you for relaying your experiences to us.
Wow that’s great. I would like to make high end contemporary furniture. Not complex. Thinking “Four Eyes” construction. My market would be in the Greenwich area of CT. and into Manhattan. Coffee tables for $2500.00 or more. However I have to make a name for myself which will take awhile. But if I present myself as a exclusive furniture maker it might work.
Great video Sean, super informative, I really like these kinds of videos, as someone just getting started. I also got a lot of information out of your video for how to setup your tent and display. These are some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Volume is low on your new setup. Since it went up to a good level when you took your glasses off and looked down 49 seconds, I think it's just mic position.
just starting out turning love all your videos you are a great teacher my work is turning out great thanks
Man you got a faithful follower now I love this video.
Hey Shaun, that was really good. As you talked I was able to remember the various types of market and audience because your description was so accurate. Technically the video and audio was pretty good.
Video and audio is improved as compared to your normal... the color and image is brilliant
Great information! Thanks!
Oh, I sell everyone but that's how I learned who will buy. Very few surprises but some. I also can, usually, tell what level they will buy. Twenty five to three hundred.
Shawn, I feel like I should be writing you a check for the information you've related here in this video...Oh, continue to ditch the lapel mic as the audio was also very good and the framing and color very good as well
Thanks
Thanks for the video it answers a lot of questions. Proposed Video: How to staff booth? If alone how do you handle bathroom breaks, etc.
Thanks Sean, very candid and practical. Pray God for your success, you are an inspiration
Great honest video yet again. Have you got a video on making your shelves for your both? I’d love to watch that.
He should sell those. :) Check his video called "Art, Craft and Farmers Market Basics". They are simple, modular, cheap, and all-around genius.
Some good information. I will say I think he got screwed by some stores and thats a shame. I have a few I deal with, but I have contracts to deal with those ugly issues of loss/theft on consigned items. And im fortunate enough that they use the information i give them to sell my product.
Thanks For your efforts, really appreciated
Great video! Sound quality is good but the camera not so good. I prefer your previous setup. Yesterday was my very first time that I have sold any of my work out in the public and it was at our local farmers market. I had a great time and did sell some of my work which happens to be woodturning. Your channel has inspired me to go to the next step by selling my craft. It was such a natural high to share my passion with others.
Thank you for being so honest and sharing your experiences.
Great video and quality. Appreciate the insights and thoughts that you share so unselfishly. Looks like the techno side is working itself out for you. lighting and sound was fine.
Really appreciate your videos. I think the auto/video after you took the mic off was much better and sounded really good. Thanks for the effort you put it!
Looks good. I agree with the volume level, it's a bit low...mic position is probably the issue. Better without the mic.
I became jaded with direct sales. I used to work the Christmas season for a friend at a local mall. Hated those 'customers' who came in and enjoyed trying to talk down to me telling me how they could get the same thing in Mexico for $5. I would reply 'I did buy it in Mexico for $5, the trip there cost $1000.' They would always respond that my costs didn't matter. Then I'd toss their ass out of the store. Half of them would send in a proxy to buy the item later.
Awesome, thanks for sharing your experience! Video quality fine.
Keep up the good work
Great video! I really enjoyed it. Lots of great information for us.
Thank you.
You are a good teacher
it's pretty much the same here
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Very useful video. Thanks for sharing
Things work a little differently up here (Newfoundland) but some good info. FYI once you switched mike's everything worked great. The worn mike's volume was low.
Nice presentation and good information Shawn. I sell a different way then you've explained in this video. But if I was going to take that route this is an excellent info video for that. By the way the filming looked great to me...sound was good to. Sorry for spelling your name wrong in other comments. TTFN Sid.
Well having to record that 5 times must have been a pain but it must have helped with being able to get your thoughts organized as that was a great presentation. Audio level was too low with the lav and if you are going to use the lav I would suggest also running it through an audio compressor if your software has one (or switch to Resolve if it doesn't, it's free). An audio compressor is kind of like running a hand plane over the sound levels. It knocks down the high spots so you can bring the level up without clipping the loudest parts and it will all be more even. You still need to try not to talk when your head is pointed down, but it will help if you do. When you were sitting down the camera was higher than you and looking down at you. Makes it seem like we're having a conversation with you sitting and us standing which is uncomfortable, for lack of a better word. Try putting the camera right at eye level.
Works well!!
When someone says to me that they saw the same kind of bowl on etsy I tell them they should go buy it because they are not my customer... I am never competitive on price. there is no future in that model... For example I make pens now and then... I get a minimum of $120.00 when they say there are ones just like that on etsy for $40.00 I use an example . VW is a well made german car. and so is Mercedes they both do the same job BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING... My last figured maple bowl was 13 x 4. I sold it in 2 days for $450.00 so in my model I only have to sell 1 for every 10 that most people do charge what you are worth, the customers will come... never give your craft, art, or work away...
Unless you need cash now. Charge what buyer will pay.
Man you hit on a lot of things pertaining to selling your wares. A lot to digest but very very informative. You live in an area that seems to have more of these venues more than others areas. Have you ever done the Pearl farmers market in San Antonio?
No, they evidentally have other woodworkers so I didn't get accepted.
Great video, sound was better after you got rid off the first Mic. Very informative.
Sean! Brother, you can talk! That's a good thing...this was a good video. Appreciate the advice and ideas! As for your new setup, when you ditched the lavalier, the audio improved immensely. I'm curious as to what your using in lieu of the lav. As for the video, it looks great as far as sharpness and color but the lens looks almost like it is throwing a slight fisheye effect. It's most noticeable at the beginning. You turn sideways a couple of times to point to your whiteboard and you get really wide! If you're that wide, I want my Colts to draft you! Please realize, I'm a retiree from a TV Station where I was a video/ audio engineer for 32 years. I probably notice things most folks don't and this isn't a big deal. Last thing and I'll shut up, do you set up a monitor or perhaps a computer in your booths that are running your UA-cam videos one after the other? If not, think about it, Especially indoors. Outside it can be a little hard to see depending on your booth setup. Love your channel...I always look forward to the next "episode"!
It’s a GoPro, used media mod kit after ditching wireless lav. Built in shotgun style.
Camera and sound was quite good!
Camera quality is excellent
Liked the video..good audio and visual
When you’re working art show by yourself and doing demonstrations, do you find that you frequently have to stop the demonstration to ring customers up? Or do you typically just get a little “rush” once the demo is complete?
Thanks for sharing that!
Just starting out good advice.
Audio could use a little love, but the information trump's the audio quality. I'd listen to you teach if it was on a crusty old betamax lol.
Only because you asked for feedback..... The focus on the lens makes things that are near seem very, very large. Ex. when your hands are nearer the camera, they seem almost comically huge. This does not detract from your message! But it can be a little distracting as you're talking and using your hands. Take that as you will. I will also reiterate, your sound was much better once you ditched the lav. I love your channel, and I only want you to succeed!
Hi 👋, I enjoy watching your articles on wood turning and making bits and pieces but I think your new audio system needs to be turned off a bit because I cannot hear very well apart from that it looks fine.
Phil from the Moulin in France
Cant find a personal message button. I think you give classes? Told my wife I want a class from you for my 50th birthday. I think your in Texas. Im up in Gainesville. I will drive to where ever. I dont know the difference between a rough, spindle, and bowl gouge. I think if you dont use a bowl gouge on a bowl its dangerous?
See my 4 cuts video. I don’t have facilities to teach anymore.
What have you changed in your vids? Camera? Lighting? Looks phenomenal.
Playing with a new camera. Dropped the DLSR I'd been using. Not sure I like this process behind the scenes.
The only problem I noticed was with the first mic, which you stopped using. Level was okay but variable, when you looked down the audio went up because your mouth was pointed toward the mic. There was also a sudden jump in audio level when the intro music came on so the balance between that and the mic was off.
Camera seemed to be very good, colour and focus were spot on and picture was always clear but you did not vary much in your position from the camera so there was no need for the camera to adjust focus to compensate for your moves. You did say that you shot this multiple times so obviously you had problems with setup or equipment but those were not apparent to the viewers.
I don’t know why, but your sound on this video is much quieter than normal. The quality of the video is better, crisper so I would keep the camera, but ditch the mic or another one. There is one other unknown in the mix and that is the video software that you used to get the video uploaded, but only time will determine that
Premier Pro
or LumaVision
Have the volume cranked and can't hear you. Then all of a sudden your full volume.
Video quality is fabulous audio is low, all is well after mic change. How is the lathe class filming going? Will the trestle table scale if I add the bed extension on my brand new Jet 1221, or should I add another braced leg?
I see no reason why it wouldn't scale. An extra leg would get in the way.
@@wortheffort thank you for the quick response. My shop is nearing completion, planer, jointer and air conditioning due in this week. Then build time.
The video is great, but the sound is really low. Especially compared to the intro music.
You my boy blue
I got to the point I can tell a buyer just by looking at them walking up to my booth.
Ya gotta be careful there. I'm sure I've prejudice myself out of sales. Do my best now to sell everyone but when you have multiple customers ya gotta pic so....
Is it possible to make a decent living with a 12" lathe not turning pens? If so how would you go about it.
Yes, marketing…..
@@wortheffort thank you for the speedy response.
the audio is very quiet.
Wind blocker on mic
I wasn't outside? No Wind.